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Timberjack ** (1955, Sterling Hayden, Vera Ralston, Adolphe Menjou, David Brian) – Classic Movie Review 11,461

Director Joseph Kane’s 1955 American Trucolor Western film Timberjack is a lumbering tale of rivalry and revenge set in the backwoods of Montana in the late 1800s. Tim Chipman (Hayden) proves that he is a […]

Aug, 08

Broadcast News **** (1987, William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Jack Nicholson, Joan Cusack, Lois Chiles, Robert Prosky) – Classic Movie Review 8446

Writer-director James L Brooks’s smooth and amusing 1987 TV news comedy Broadcast News is easy-going but still with a sharp, intelligent edge. It purrs along smoothly thanks to the three attractive stars – William Hurt […]

May, 08

Keep Your Powder Dry * (1945, Lana Turner, Laraine Day, Susan Peters, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Johnson, Natalie Schafer, June Lockhart, Lee Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 6715

‘Gals IN UNIFORM…IN ACTION…IN LOVE! They’re strictly G.I.’ Director Edward Buzzell’s well-meaning but seemingly hastily concocted 1945 movie tells the story of some plucky American women who do their bit for the war effort after […]

Feb, 21

Shopping ** (1994, Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee) – Classic Movie Review 5763

This dismayingly violent, nihilistic and empty 1994 contemporary British teen action thriller finds its debut writer-director Paul W S Anderson struggling desperately to control an over-heated vision of lawless gangs roving England’s grim and unpleasant […]

Jul, 15

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels **** (1988, Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris) – Classic Movie Review 5214

Director Frank Oz’s delicious 1988 comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels stars a perfect team in Steve Martin, Michael Caine and Glenne Headly. Caine plays a suave Englishman named Lawrence Jamieson who preys on wealthy widows by posing […]

Mar, 29

Graffiti Bridge ** (1990, Prince, Morris Day, Ingrid Chavez, Mavis Staples) – Classic Movie Review 5183

‘Are there really angels, or are they just in our minds? It all comes out in the wash… in time.’ – The Kid. Writer, director and star Prince follows up his hits Purple Rain (1984) and Under the […]

Mar, 20

Why Him? *** (2016, James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Megan Mullally, Zoey Deutch) – Movie Review

Middle-aged couple Bryan Cranston and Megan Mullally are invited by their 22-year-old daughter (Zoey Deutch) to spend the holidays getting too know her new, older Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend (James Franco) at his modernist mansion. […]

Jan, 02

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